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Name: Hyperbola-1 | Dummy Payload
Start: 2023-04-07T03:54:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-07T06:25:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 95A

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Hyperbola-1 | Dummy Payload

i-Space • Hyperbola-1 • Launch Area 95A (NA)

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i-Space • Hyperbola-1 • LA-95A

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Apr 7, 4:00 AM UTC

Test launch of Hyperbola-1 to test reliability after 3 successive failures in 2021-22.

Rocket profile

Hyperbola-1

Variant: 1

Length: 38 m

Diameter: 2.5 m

Reusable: No

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License: Unknown•Single-use

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Launch info

Provider

i-Space

Vehicle

Hyperbola-1

Pad

Launch Area 95A (LA-95A)

State

NET

2023-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

Window start

2023-04-07T03:54:00+00:00

Window end

2023-04-07T06:25:00+00:00

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Mission type

Test Flight

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Reusable

LEO capacity (kg)

300

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Launch Area 95A

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Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China40.96912, 100.34333Provider map

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Test launch of Hyperbola-1 to test reliability after 3 successive failures in 2021-22.

Rocket

Hyperbola-1

Manufacturer: i-Space

i-Space's first orbital rocket.

Maiden flight

2019-07-25

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Service provider

i-Space

Provider news

Commercial • CHN

i-Space is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing and founded in October 2016.

Objects from this launch

1 object

SATCAT inventory for 2023-051

Last checked: 2026-03-09T00:11:00.726+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-09T00:11:00.726+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-09T00:11:00.726+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-09T00:11:00.726+00:00

Snapshot hash: 3f93df1189553e1dc612a345860f6fb8b6943d83d00885754d0ebd3ab1897700

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 1Delta: +1RB: 0DEB: 0UNK: 0

SATCAT payload objects

DUMMY MASS 3/SQX-1
2023-051ANORAD 56172PAYPeople's Republic of China (PRC)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: JSCPeriod: 86.90 min
Inc: 97.3°
111 km → 130 km

Launch story

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Provider legacy

i-Space

Lifetime launches

1 in 2026

i-Space has 5 launches on record, with 1 in 2026.

Rocket track record

Hyperbola-1

Successful missions

0 in 2026

Hyperbola-1 has 4 successful missions on record, with 0 in 2026.

Pad history

Launch Area 95A

Pad launches

4 in 2026

Launch Area 95A has 39 launches from this pad on record, with 4 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

50% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

15d 18h

Reported pad reuse cadence.

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